Overview
- Ministers confirmed the memorial will be safeguarded, working with The Friends of the Wall and local partners to maintain the bereaved‑created site.
- A UK‑wide Day of Reflection will take place every March to remember those who died and to honour key workers.
- New commemorative green spaces will be created across the country in partnership with NHS Charities Together and Forestry England.
- The package includes a UKRI policy fellowship on natural hazards to strengthen preparedness, plus new government web pages bringing together commemoration resources and oral histories.
- The wall, an 8‑foot‑high Portland stone stretch on the Albert Embankment with about 240,000 hand‑painted hearts, began in 2021 without official authorization and is now formally recognized as the national memorial while the UK’s COVID‑19 inquiry continues toward 2027.